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Challenges of doing business in Africa : a systematic review
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
by answering two critical questions: what are the linkages between the ease of doing business and economic development … ease of doing business and economic development is discussed in six main strands, namely: wealth creation and sharing …; opportunities of employment; balanced regional and economic development; Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita; standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998520
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Could the Irish miracle be repeated in Hungary?
Acs, Zoltán J.; O'Gorman, Colm; Szerb, László; … - 2005
-income countries, like Hungary, should focus on increasing human capital, promote enterprise development, and upgrading the quality of …It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development … Monitor we find significant differences in entrepreneurial activity between Ireland and Hungary in both the type of people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280368
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The automotive industry in Central Europe: a success? : the automotive industry has brought economic growth, but a developmental model based on foreign capital is reaching its limi...
Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2018
Central Europe has experienced one of the most impressive growth and convergence stories of recent times. In particular, this has been achieved on the back of foreign-owned, capital-intensive manufacturing production in the automotive sector. With large domestic supplier networks and high skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904473
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Does ethnicity pay? : evidence from overseas Chinese FDI in China
Huang, Yasheng; Jin, Li; Qian, Yi - 2008 - This version: February 14, 2008
Using a comprehensive sample of all FDI firms in China, we explore the question whether ethnicity enhances operating performance. While there has been a sizable theoretical literature studying ethnicity and foreign investments, the prediction of the impact of ethnicity on firm profitability is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948622
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The spatial dimension of trade- and FDI-driven productivity growth in Chinese provinces : a global cointegration approach
Özyurt, Selin; Mitze, Timo - 2012
Since the introduction of its "open door" policy in the late 1970s, China has been attracting a growing share of FDI inflows and its international trade integration has advanced considerably. In this study, we take a closer look at the regional growth impact of the Chinese internationalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580060
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Testing for marginal spillovers from foreign direct investment
Altomonte, Carlo; Pennings, Enrico - 2005
We develop a simple test to assess whether horizontal spillover effects from multinational to domestic firms are endogenous to the market structure generated by the entry of the same multinationals. In particular, we analyze the performance of a panel of 10,650 domestic and multinational firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346463
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FDI in the CEEC's and the theory of real options : an empirical assessment
Altomonte, Carlo - 1998
Building on the empirical evidence resulting from a newly developed database of foreign direct investment (FDI) operations in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs), panel data techniques are used to show that, at the sector level, a consistent modelling of FDI flows needs to take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754308
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R&D co-operation in European post-transition economies
Gauselmann, Andrea - 2013
development in their target location region. Applying a logit estimation, this discussion paper investigates which firm- and … region-specific determinants influence co-operations in the area of research and development (R&D) between the foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712425
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The spatial dimension of trade- and FDI-driven productivity growth in Chinese provinces : a global cointegration approach
Özyurt, Selin; Mitze, Timo - 2012
Since the introduction of its "open door" policy in the late 1970s, China has been attracting a growing share of FDI inflows and its international trade integration has advanced considerably. In this study, we take a closer look at the regional growth impact of the Chinese internationalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515012
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Inward FDI in the Western Balkans in the Wake of Croatia's EU Accession
Kalotay, Kalman - 2013
transition that are already members of the Union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083354